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Some Trends In Forecast Skill At The National Severe Storms Forecast Center, Allen Pearson, Steven J. Weiss

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Tornado watch and severe local storm outlook verification statistics reveal the trends in forecast skill at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center. The skill level of the outlook has been steadily increasing since 1973. The percentage of watches verifying has been gradually increasing since 1970. While the probability of detection for tornadoes has decreased slightly since 1974, this appears to be highly correlated with the number of outbreak tornadoes reported in a given year. During significant tornado days, a much higher degree of skill is exhibited for both outlooks and watches. Factors influencing the results are discussed, including the impact …

"The Global Hope Is Around": An Incident At Salem Sound, K. W. Mathews

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

On February 6, 1978, in the midst of the worst blizzard to hit the Northeast in 100 years, the 682-foot Greek tanker GLOBAL HOPE with more than 340,000 gallons of oil aboard, dragged her anchor and grounded in Salem Sound, Massachusetts, about 15 miles from downtown Boston. An estimated 83,000 gallons of oil escaped the stricken vessel to be deposited on two of the most historic and picturesque coastlines of Massachusetts. Some 2.4 million dollars were expended from the federal pollution fund in cleanup efforts. This paper relates the chronology of events and examines peculiar problems, planning, and response activities …

Study Of Cumulative Growth-Inhibiting Factors In Recycled Water For Catfish Cultivation, R. W. Raible

Technical Reports

Channel catfish were grown in tanks with integral biological filters and complete recirculation of water. After the fish had resided in the tanks for 120 days, solvent extraction was performed on a portion of the tank water. Fresh pond-raised specimen channel catfish showed decreases in their heartbeat rates of about 20 percent when exposed to the extract. This metabolic disturbance is thought to be a factor in reducing the growth rate of fish held in close confinement in recirculating systems.

Turbulence Spectra In A Well-Mixed Estuary, Jong Yul Chung

OES Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is an attempt to determine and describe some of the turbulent process in a well-mixed estuary. The processes are identified by the study of turbulent velocity fluctuations. These velocity records have been analyzed using standard digital methods to obtain spectral density, spectral energy, and cross-spectra of velocity. In order to study the generation and transfer of the turbulent moment and energy, and the intermittent nature of the so-called "Bursting or "ejections and sweeps," the distribution of u, v, w, and the Reynolds stress has been studied.

Volume 3, Number 3 (March 1979), The Otec Liaison

The OTEC Liaison

No abstract provided.

Volume 3, Number 2 (February 1979), The Otec Liaison

The OTEC Liaison

No abstract provided.

Lake Mead And Lake Powell Salinity Reports, Cathy Lee, Steve Gazafy

Publications (WR)

The enclosed reports were compiled for the Colorado River Water Quality Office based on salinity data for Lake Mead and Lake Powell. According to the regional director of the office, the reports are not considered "polished" documents for public distribution. However, he considers them to be "interesting, rough appraisals of general trends that may be very important In our understanding the hydro-salinity system in the Colorado River."

Geology Of The Mafic/Ultramafic Transition, Table Mountain, Western Newfoundland, Suzanne O'Connell

Geology Theses and Dissertations

A thin (<200 m.) mafic suite and well developed mafic/ultramafic transition zone are exposed above a flat lying peridotite contact on northwestern Table Mountain. The igneous layering and sedimentary features indicate mineral deposition under conditions which promoted adcumulate growth, were capable of minor transport, and were subjected to at least minor tectonic activity during consolidation. Feldspathic,. mafic, and ultramafic dikes and veins cross-cut the layering. Microscopic futures indicate deformation at elevated temperature and/or low strain rates. Deformation is best developed within the transition zone, but cataclastic zones are most common in the hornblende gabbros. Orientations of layering, foliation, and lineation indicate a variable mafic/ultramafic transition and macroscopic folding. Geometric analysis indicates three distinct fold axis orientations: an east-west horizontal fold axis, a northeast trending modestly plunging axis, and a vertical though poorly defined axis. Such features demonstrate that an apparently simple contact relationship may be extremely complex. This has important implications for ocean floor accretion. The relatively simple ocean floor seismic stratigraphy masks very complex petrological and structural processes. Such processes may involve deposition in an actively convecting magma chamber with a differentially subsiding wedge (Dewey and Kidd, 1977), in which folding occurs in response to the steepening angle between the cumulate banding and the base of the magma chamber. The instability is enhanced by the different accumulation rates and densities of the minerals involved. The lineation may originally be a sedimentary feature indicative of transport direction from the convection cell, and perpendicular to the compressive stress which produced. the folding. The different orientations of lineations and fold axes could be produced by rotation of the ocean crustal blocks during lateral transport along the ocean floor and/or obduction. Further detailed study of ophiolite complexes will continue to shed light upon the nature and development of oceanic crust.

Paleoclimatic Implications Of Oxygen Isotope And Sedimentological Study Of Late Miocene And Early Pliocene Sediments From The South Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, And The Gulf Of Aden, Kathryn M. Scanlon

Geology Theses and Dissertations

Previous work by many authors has implied that the Antarctic ice sheet underwent a major expansion in the latest Miocene. It was intended in the present study to use the oxygen isotope event, which could be expected to accompany this glacial expansion, as a stratigraphic marker to aid in the correlation of several DSDP Sites. Samples were taken at approximately 100,000 year intervals throughout the latest Miocene and early Pliocene sections at Sites 237 and 249 in the western Indian Ocean, Site 360 in the South Atlantic and Site 231 in the Gulf of Aden. Oxygen isotope analyses were done …

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus In Barley And Oats (79mt20, 79pe13) Experimental Summary 1979, G D. Mclean, T N. Khan, M Grimm, J D. Sandow

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(1) Yield assessments have continued similar to those used in 1977 and 1978. Essentially, plants with symptoms typical of BYDV are marked in the early spring as well as a similar number without symptoms. Yield differences were obtained both for Clipper Barley and an oats variety. (2) Two pilot experiments using viruliferous aphids were carried out at Mount Barker (79MT20) and at South Perth · (79PE13). Both Rhopalosiphum padi and R. maidis were used. Infection at Mt Barker failed, and therefore no data is presented. The Perth experiment was planted on August 31, 1979. The original plan was to have …

Summary Research Results 1979, G A. Pearce

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

DPX4189 for weed control in wheat 79N27. Location - Toodyay. Herbicide mixtures for broadleaved weeds in wheat. Location - Toodyay. Diuron mixtures for broad leaf weeds in cereals. Location - "Glencoe" C/- P.O. Bindoon. Herbicides for early planting 79MO42. Location – N. Tonkin – Coomberdale. Broad leaf weeds in cereals 79MO45. Location - Miling (J. Lewis, Plympton). Herbicides for early planting 79LG27. Location – Karlgarin.

Experimental Summary 1979, J R. Peirce

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Contents 79ME28 Soursob (Oxalis caprae) control along Roadsides. 79NO30 A & B.

79NO29 Pre and post emergent applications of Diuron for soursob control in cereals.

79ME31 Post emergent control of soursob in cereals. 79NO39

79ME26 A & B Control of Matricaria (Pentzia sp.) in cereals.

79NO40 Dormancy of Cape Tulip (homeria sp.).

79NO38 Patersons curse (Echium plantagineum) Control in pastures. Afghan thistle (solanum hoplopetalum) Control in pastures. 79ME28 and 79N030 A & B Soursob Control Along Roadsides. Chemicals: Roundup 1, 2 and 3 1ha-1, Diuron 1, 2 and 3 1ha-1, Sencor TD 1, 2 and 3 kgha -1 ) applied …

Summary Of 1979 Field Experiments, M L. Poole

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79WH50: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields - Wongan Hills Research Station. 79M34: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields – Merredin Research Station. 79C31: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields - Chapman Research Station. 79WH58: Rates of ryegrass x rates of nitrogen on wheat Yield. 79WH57: Rates of CCC and rates of nitrogen on yield of Wheat.

1979 Field Crops Experiments, P. Mcr. Wood

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Field crops experiments resistance of lupins to Phomopsis leptostromiformis. (P.McR. Wood, Plant Research Division, J. Hamblin, Plant Production Division). Stage 1-2 Plant Breeders' Plots. Phomopsis infection of 96 entries (replicated) was assessed just prior to harvest at seven sites - Chapman Valley Research Station (CVRS), Badgingarra Research Station (BRS), Wongan Hills Research Station (WHRS), Avondale Research Station (ARS), Mount Barker Research Station (MBRS), Esperance Downs Research Station (EDRS) and on a farmer's property at Eradu. At four sites, CVRS, Eradu, MBRS and EDRS, only very low levels of infection were apparent. At the other three sites, the currently available varieties …

Summary Of Experimental Results 1979 - Annual Rye Grass Toxicity, D L. Chatel

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79KA15 The susceptibility of grasses to yellow slime disease

79KA16 The effect of gall burial on gall and slime production by annual rye grass sown into land with a history of ryegrass toxicity The effect of bacterial galls on development of slime and galls on ryegrass inoculated with nematode galls

Low Cost Cereal Herbicides - Pasture Manipulation - Annual Ryegrass Toxicity - Herbicides For Direct Drilling - Hoegrass Application Methods - Annual Ryegrass Herbicides, J E. Holmes

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79N46 Possible cereal herbicides – low cost mixtures, Tincurrin 79MO52 Possible cereal herbicides – low cost mixtures, Bolgart 79KA46 Possible cereal herbicides – low cost mixtures, Katanning 79NA39 Pasture manipulation – barley grass control 79NO28 Pasture manipulation, Goomalling 79MO50 Pasture manipulation – grass reduction – examination of known systems, Moora 79AR47 Pasture manipulation – grass control and herbicide residues, South Sterlings 79BA57 Pasture manipulation – rates of herbicides, Badgingarra Research Station 79A31 Pasture manipulation – grass reduction, Avondale Research Station 79KA47 Spraytop – Graze – control of annual ryegrass toxicity, Katanning 79BA56 Herbicides for direct drilling, Badgingarra Research Station 79A30 …

Volume 3, Number 1 (January 1979), The Otec Liaison

The OTEC Liaison

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Vertical And Horizontal Visibility Relationships Under Water, Jean J. Mccarthy

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

A threefold study was undertaken to:

1) determine the nature of the mathematical relationship between vertical and horizontal visibility underwater

2) examine the feasibility of using the Secchi disc method to measure horizontal visibility in the photic zone;

3) obtain descriptive data on vertical and horizontal visibility in selected lakes of southern Minnesota.

The Secchi disc technique for measuring· visibility was modified to accommodate horizontal readings, and data were col1lected from 12 lakes at 5, 15 and 25 feet depths under controlled conditions. Reliability correlations were significant (p ( .01) and ranged from .764 to .994. Correlations and regression equations …

Turbulence Spectra Above A Vegetated Surface Under Conditions Of Sensible Heat Advection, Raymond P. Motha, Shashi B. Verma, Norman J. Rosenberg

Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

Spectra of vertical and horizontal velocity, air temperature and humidity fluctuations were analyzed from measurements made over a well-watered alfalfa crop under conditions of sensible heat advection. Vertical velocity and air temperature spectra as well as cospectra of momentum, sensible heat and water vapor were found to be dependent on atmospheric thermal stratification. These spectra and cospectra were shifted toward higher frequencies under advective as compared to lapse conditions. These results indicate that the predominant eddy sizes are relatively smaller under advective conditions. Humidity spectra, on the other hand, were independent of daytime thermal stratification conditions but were influenced by …

A Redescription Of The Wood-Rasping Amphipod Trophichelura Gomezi Ortiz, 1976 (Cheluridae) From The Florida Keys, With Notes On Its Distribution And Ecology, James Darwin Thomas

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The wood-rasping amphipod, Tropichelura gomezi Ortiz, 1976, is redescribed from the Florida Keys to include diagnostic characters omitted in the original description. Morphological characters and distributional patterns of T. gomezi are compared with those of the other member of the genus, Tropichelura insulae (Caiman, 1910). Laboratory studies show that T. gomezi defends its burrow entrance from other members of its species, but tolerates the presence of limnoriid isopods with which it cooccurs. A lectotype for Tropichelura insulae is designated .

A New Species Of Cerapus Say, 1817 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) From The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, With Notes On Its Ecology, James Darwin Thomas, Richard W. Heard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

During research in coastal marshes of the Mississippi Delta region in 1975, a large, undescribed amphipod belonging to the genus Cerapus was discovered in tidal channels. This new species, C. benthophilus, is characterized by its large size and 7-12 segmented antennal flagella. Habitat preference is muddy silt bottoms upon which it constructs conspicuous mats or "tufts" of interwoven tubes in shallow coastal bays and marshes from Louisiana to the panhandle areas of northern Florida.

Declared Plant Control & Total Vegetation Control, P A. Rutherford

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(A) Declared plant control. 1. Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Chemical control of Arum Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Properties: Prevelly Park, Margaret River (A), Wonnerup (B). (A) dense Arum Lily under shade from trees in Park reserve. (B) scattered Lily in clover pasture grazed by dairy cattle. 2. Blackberry (Rubus spp). 79AI60 - Evaluation of Roundup for blackberry control. Property - R. Wolfe, Bornholm. Herbicides for blackberry control. Property – G. Wright, Kent River. 79AL62 - Evaluations of “Krenite” for blackberry control. Property R.G. Ebbott, Bow Bridge. 3. Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) 79AP64 - Herbicide screening on Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). D. Wells, Denmark. …

The Comparative Ecology Of Two Populations Of The Troglobitic Isopod Crustacean Lirceus Usdagalun (Asellidae), James Alexander Estes

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Aquatic communities of two caves in Lee Co., Virginia, were compared, and an examination was made of the life history phenomena of the troglobitic isopod Lirceus usdagalun. Measurements of physical and biological parameters were made in Thompson Cedar Cave and Gallohan Cave No. l. A contagious distribution was exhibited by populations of L. usdagalun in both caves and also by the population of another troglobitic isopod, Caecidotea recurvata, in Gallohan Cave No. 1. This distribution was attributed to aggregations of individuals which were considered to occur in areas of preference or optimal habitat patches. Lirceus usdagalun exhibited a …

Uranium Transport In The Walker River Basin, California And Nevada, Larry Benson, D. L. Leach

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

During the summer of 1976 waters from tributaries, rivers, springs and wells were sampled in the Walker River Basin. Snow and sediments from selected sites were also sampled. All samples were analyzed for uranium and other elements. The resulting data provide an understanding of the transport of uranium within a closed hydrologic basin as well as providing a basis for the design of geochemical reconnaissance studies for the Basin and Range Province of the Western United States. Spring and tributary data are useful in locating areas containing anomalous concentrations of uranium. However, agricultural practices obscure the presence of known uranium …

Summary Of Experimental Results 1979 General Phosphorous Trials, J W. Bowden, R Lunt, K F. Longbottom

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Contiuing trials Stock rate and level of Superhosphate on cyprus medic pasture 66M30 Rates of phosphorus, sulphur and stocking trial - cropping phase 68BR7 Maintenance P x S trials 65N5, 69WH15, 65A1, 65c6 Residual Value of Phosphorus 78M08, 78C4, 78MA2, 75LG26, 78M38 NEW TRIALS Crops N x P Trials 79NA11, 79NA12, 79NA13 Times of P on Lupins 79M030 Lupin and Oat Mixtures 79BA31, 79MT30 Methods Application and Cultivation of P on Wheat 79M1, 79WH1 Methods and Times of P on Wheat Old Land 79N1 Rates of Super on Wheat 79LG Rates of Super on Lupins 79GE PASTURES Rates of P, …

1. Sub Clover Root Rot Resistance 2. Clover Cultivar Evaluation- High Rainfall Areas, D J. Gillespie

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

77BU1 Seed and plant data 1979 high rainfall areas, Karridale 77D1 Seed and plant data 1979 high rainfall areas, Denmark (Dry site) 77D4 Seed and plant data 1979 high rainfall areas, Denmark (Wet site) 77ES31 Seed and plant data 1979 Esperance region, Dalyup 77ES33 Seed and plant data 1979 Esperance region, Mt Howick 79MA9 Dry matter production spring 1979, Northcliffe 79W4 Dry matter production spring 1979, Wokalup Research Station

Nitrogenous Fertiliser Requirements In Different Cropping Rotations - 1979 Results, M G. Mason, I Rowland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Nitrogen requirement of wheat after clover, lupins and cereal - 78C1, 78N1. Nitrogen requirement of barley after clover, lupins and cereal - 78E3. Nitrogen fertiliser requirement in alternate crop-pasture rotation. Botanical composition of Pasture blocks (Sampled 16/9/79) - 78BA1. Pasture Blocks (Sampled 3/9/79) - 78WH2.

Fallow Re-Assessment, D Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Fallow re-assessment. I. 72M29. Location - Merredin Research Station II. Other fallow results. As part of the fallow re-assessment project, a study was made of results from all trials done since the early 1920's which either compared fallow with non fallow or examined other aspects of fallowing. Analysis of these data has led to an update of some of the rainfall - soil water storage - yield relationships presented in previous reports. On the basis of these rainfall-yield relationships and of relevant rainfall statistics we can make an assessment of the probable value of fallow at different locations; Merredin; Chapman, …

The Virginia Chesapeake Bay: Recent Sedimentation And Paleodrainage, Michael J. Carron

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

A comparison of the bathymetric surveys of the 1850-series and 1950-series indicated an average sedimentation rate for the Virginia Chesapeake Bay of 0.55 m (1.81 ft) for the last century. A statistically significant relationship between the depth of water and the rate of sedimentation was found where high rates of sedimentation exist in extremely shallow water (0 to 2 m) and in intermediate depths (6 to 13 m), while low rates exist between 2 m and 6 m, and in some cases in water deeper than 13 m. The results of 900 km of continuous seismic reflection profiles taken in …

Long Term Rotation Trials, I Rowland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Locality: 66M29, 67Cl3, 67N4, 68E5, 68SG5, 73SG16. Soil type, history, rainfall and wheat/lupin yields.